Rise in thyroid cancer may be tied to radiation

August 17, 2009

USA Today

A medical mystery: As overall cancer rates
fall, why are thyroid cancer rates rising? Diagnoses of cancer in this
gland in the neck are increasing about 6% a year, faster than cancers
found anywhere else, according to one National Cancer Institute
analysis.

Researchers know one big reason: The many
medical scans Americans have, for everything from neck pain to artery
plaque, are turning up thousands of tiny thyroid tumors that otherwise
might go undetected and often would do no harm... Read More